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Accounting / Disclosure| Financial Reporting“Accounting…and…accountability” – these are clearly linked terms with common meaning that emerged along with the modern capitalist system, deriving from Middle European languages and cultures. “Accounting,” (says Webster’s New Collegiate) is derived from the medieval, “to tell…” -- as today’s accounting systems are designed to “accurately tell the story” of an organization’s financial condition. Click here to continue reading the full introduction
News & UpdatesJuly 4, 2009 N.Y. Fed's Chief Backs Preemptive Crisis Moves
Source:Washington Post
The Federal Reserve should break with past policy and try to identify and deflate asset bubbles before they can damage the U.S. economy, New York Federal Reserve President William C. Dudley said. July 2, 2009 SEC Proposes Measures to Improve Corporate Governance and Enhance Investor Confidence
Source:SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted on three measures that are intended to better inform and empower investors to improve corporate governance and help restore investor confidence. [more] July 1, 2009 Government aims for responsibility and visibility on executive paySource:Thom Stratton, Examiner.com - NYExecutive compensation became a hot topic earlier this year when it was revealed that AIG was paying their promised executive bonuses in spite of the company's near-demise and subsequent rescue by US taxpayers. Angry quotes and... Click here for more Accounting / Financial Reporting News & Updates
Research & InsightsJune 24, 2009 KROLL PREDICTS CORRUPTION COSTS COULD TOTAL $500 BILLION WORLDWIDE, AS FBI BRACES FOR NEXT WAVE OF FINANCIAL FRAUD TIED TO STIMULUS SPENDING
Source:Kroll
Government stimulus funding totaling $5 trillion has unintentionally introduced new opportunities for fraud and corruption worldwide, according to the latest edition of the Kroll Global Fraud Report. The report reinforces the...[more] June 23, 2009 Major Emerging Market Investors Want More Disclosure on ESG Issues, Global Survey Finds
Source:PR Newswire
Seven out of ten major asset managers and institutional investors collectively representing $130 billion of emerging market investments cited lack of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) disclosure as the key... June 18, 2009 President Obama Announces Comprehensive Plan for Regulatory ReformSource:U. S. TreasuryPresident Obama will lay out a comprehensive regulatory reform plan this afternoon to modernize and protect the integrity of our financial system. While this crisis has had many causes, it is clear now that the government could...[more] Click here for more Accounting / Financial Reporting Research & Insights
Commentary & OpinionJuly 2, 2009 A Government Failure, Not a Market FailureSource:John Makin, NY TimesThe idea that home ownership confers special benefits on American society is deeply embedded in our culture—so much so that our national tax policy confers a special benefit of its own on it. Home ownership is granted an... July 2, 2009 Crisis Won’t End Until Balance Sheets Get Real: Jonathan WeilSource:Bloomberg.comInvestors are feeling better about financial companies’ balance sheets than they were a few months ago. That’s not to say they have a lot of confidence in them. July 2, 2009 How to Help Directors Increase Oversight of Executive PaySource:Harvard Business ReviewIt's a given by now that the general public, many shareholders, and a number of well-placed government officials agree that there is indeed a problem with executive compensation at publicly traded U.S. companies. What's not as... Click here for more Accounting / Financial Reporting Commentary & Opinion
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